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Would Law Enforcement Leaders Support Defunding the Police?

Aug 20, 2020

Police have expressed frustration with being expected to handle complex social problems such as homelessness and substance use. Budgeting less money for police and more for other public safety strategies might appeal to law enforcement if these efforts relieve some of the unrealistic expectations on them.
Essay

Stress Accumulates in Marginalized Communities, Generation After Generation

Jul 8, 2020

Psychologists and biologists have known for years that prolonged stress is toxic to the human body. A better understanding of how stress builds in communities—and the burden it puts on them—can lead to more effective policies to address it.

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News Release

Hackathon Pairs HBCU Undergrads with Pardee RAND Graduate Students to Identify Ideas for More Equitable COVID-19 Recovery

Undergraduate students from Clark Atlanta University, Morehouse College, and Spelman College will work alongside Pardee RAND Graduate School students to seek ways to help vulnerable communities recover from the COVID-19 pandemic during a virtual policy hackathon offered by the nonprofit, nonpartisan RAND Corporation and Pardee RAND Graduate School.

Oct 27, 2021
Commentary

The Definition of Mobilisation

In Australia, the prevailing view of mobilisation is that it is an activity associated with going to war. But it should also include preparing for, and where possible, preventing a range of potential hazards, as well as supporting subsequent recovery efforts.

Oct 21, 2021
Report

Enhancing Defence's Contribution to Societal Resilience in the UK: Lessons from International Approaches

This study sought to understand other nations' approaches to societal resilience to enhance UK resilience. The study defined societal resilience and its importance, analysed other countries' practices, and identified lessons relevant to UK Defence.

Oct 21, 2021
Journal Article

Transforming Public Health Data Systems: White Papers to Inform Commission

RWJF commissioned RAND to produce a series of white papers that describe the current landscape, emerging innovations, and opportunities for transforming and transitioning to a new public health data system.

Oct 20, 2021
Tool

Citizen Science for Disasters: A Guide for Local Health Departments

This toolkit provides guidance to local health departments on engaging with disaster citizen science to support public health preparedness.

Sep 29, 2021
Tool

Citizen Science for Disasters: A Guide for Community Groups

This toolkit provides guidance to community groups on engaging with disaster citizen science to support public health preparedness.

Sep 29, 2021
Report

Transforming the Housing Choice Voucher System in California

What are the impacts and shortcomings of the housing choice voucher (HCV) program, and what are the potential effects of reforms to stabilize access to affordable housing for the most-vulnerable Californians?

Sep 29, 2021
Report

SAFE Charlotte: Alternative Response Models and Disparities in Policing

Under contract with Charlotte, North Carolina, the authors evaluated three policing and public-safety recommendations featured in the city's SAFE Charlotte: Safety and Accountability for Everyone report. This report presents their findings.

Sep 28, 2021
Journal Article

When Disaster Management Agencies Create Disaster Risk: A Case Study of the US's Federal Emergency Management Agency

This study is the first to examine disaster risk creation from an organizational perspective, and the first to focus explicitly on how disaster management agencies can shape risk creation.

Sep 28, 2021
Commentary

Hurricane Ida Is Part of a Cycle of Disasters—Mitigating Their Impact Means Building Back Better

Building back better means focusing on recovery that not only restores damage from a disaster but also reduces future risk. To meet that goal today, we need to look at the ways our disaster preparedness and response systems actually create risk themselves, by reinforcing things like wealth inequality, systemic discrimination, or access to crucial services.

Sep 13, 2021
Journal Article

What If Progress Meant Well-Being for All? U.S. Innovators Use Global Insights to Shift the Narrative and Surface Opportunities Ahead

In many countries, progress is sharply defined only as economic growth. What if that narrative shifted and progress were defined as well-being for all people?

Sep 1, 2021
Report

Project imPACT Cohort 1 Final Local Evaluation Report

The authors summarize findings from a process and outcome evaluation of Cohort 1 of Project imPACT, an employment program for individuals who have been involved in the criminal justice system, which provided services from July 2018 to December 2020.

Aug 16, 2021
Research Brief

Helping Los Angelenos Involved in the Criminal Justice System Get and Keep Jobs

Project imPACT is a City of Los Angeles program that helps individuals find employment after they are released from prison. Participants may also receive behavioral health and legal services. An evaluation of the program offers important lessons about its successes and challenges.

Aug 16, 2021
Commentary

How Have Communities Been Faring During COVID-19? And How Will Lessons Learned Inform Future Response and Planning?

As the United States emerges from the devastation of the pandemic, it may be time to examine the choices communities made during the last year to see how these approaches shape continued COVID-19 response and recovery and help build resilience for future pandemic response.

Aug 11, 2021
Tool

Getting To Outcomes®: Guide for Strengthening Sexual Assault Prevention Activities in the Military

This Getting To Outcomes guide will help with the planning, implementation, evaluation, continuous quality improvement, and sustainability of military sexual assault prevention activities. It includes instructions, blank tools, and examples.

Aug 11, 2021
Report

Addressing societal challenges in Norway: Key trends, future scenarios, missions and structural measures

Through a series of nine reports, the study identified priority missions that the Research Council of Norway could consider implementing in the future to address societal challenges, and potential structural measures needed to enable a resilient R&I environment in Norway.

Aug 9, 2021
Research Brief

Removing Barriers to Vaccination for Black Americans

To improve Black Americans' confidence in COVID-19 vaccines, health care organizations and the public health system need to become more trustworthy. Honesty about historical and ongoing discrimination and working with communities to provide equitable, accessible care could help.

Aug 6, 2021
Report

Independent Evaluation of the New York State 1115 Waiver Amendment: The Children's Design: Interim Findings

The authors evaluate efforts to streamline health care for children and youth in the New York State Medicaid program who have needs for home- and community-based services through the recently implemented Children's Design.

Aug 6, 2021
Report

Human Rights in the Digital Age

This report provides an overview of human rights in the digital age (HURDA), the trends and challenges associated with them and the capacity-building approaches that have been adopted to foster and protect them.

Aug 4, 2021
Journal Article

Addressing America's Crisis of Despair and Economic Recovery: A Call for a Coordinated Effort

This policy paper proposes a new federal interagency task force to address our nation's crisis of despair as a critical first step to sustainable economic recovery.

Aug 4, 2021

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Communities

Topic Synonyms:
Organized Society

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